Be Thou, O God, Exalted High

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Be Thou, O God exalted high;
And, as Thy glory fills the sky,
So let it be on earth displayed,
Till Thou art here, as there, obeyed.

Source: Hymns for a Pilgrim People: a congregational hymnal #560

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First Line:	Be thou, O God, exalted high
Title:	Be Thou, O God, Exalted High
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	Tate & Brady, 1696
Language:	English

Psalm 57:10-11
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Be Thou, O God, exalted high. A cento in the Baptist Hymnal, Phila., 1902, from the New Version, Ps. Ivii. (p. 800, ii.). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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